Books Quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

— Anonymous

I believe an editor's job is to help a writer sound like himself or herself.

— Robert Christgau

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

“A writer is a writer when he says he is.”

— Steven Pressfield

“All of us who write need a good editor.”

— Sharon Langevin Crawford

“My first editor used to say that eighty-five per cent of what goes on in a novelist's head is none of his business, a…

— Stephen King

“Editors are the literary surgeons of the world.”

— Suzanne Steele

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

— Nora Roberts

“If you consider yourself a writer just write.”

— Sara Gran

A writer writes what other people only think.

— Sol Stein

“Anyone who writes can be called a writer because they write.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Good editors are priceless.”

— Buffy Andrews